A man has been taken to hospital after he was involved in a collision with a car in Derby's Harvey Road this afternoon.

Several witnesses reported seeing the air ambulance and numerous emergency service vehicles at the scene after the incident, which happened at the junction of Hutton Street.

The road was cordoned off for some time between Spider Island and Cokayne Street North. Police Sergeant Scott Riley, of Derbyshire police, said: “We received a call at 4.42pm to reports that a man has been involved in a collision with a car on the eastbound section of Harvey Road at its junction with Hutton Street.

BREAKING: All lanes have been reopened

Traffic company Inrix has confirmed that all lanes have reopened on Harvey Road following the earlier accident.

Police are at the scene of the incident in Derby's Harvey Road (Image: Martin Naylor / Derby Telegraph)

19:47Martin Naylor

'I got to my mum’s and there were police and an ambulance here'

Chloe Whelan was coming to see her mother who also lives in Harvey Road.

The 20-year-old said: “I was on the bus and it came to a stop just before Spider Island and I got out to walk the rest of the way because the police had blocked the road.

“I got to my mum’s and there were police and an ambulance here. People were crowded around this man on the floor and they were told to back off and move away from the scene. I could not see how badly (injured) the man on the ground was.”

'There was a man lying in the road'

Mariana Vetrano lives in Harvey Road, right by the scene of the collision.

She said: “I looked out of the window and could see a black car and a white car. There was a man lying in the road and people were crowding around him, lots of people were out of their houses.

“The police came, then an ambulance and then the air ambulance but I didn’t see where it landed. People told me the man on the ground had head injuries and the man in the car was sat down and had a head injury as well.”

Whereabouts has the accident happened?

Our reporter Martin Naylor is at the scene and said the eastbound section of Harvey Road is cordoned off between Spider Island and Cokayne Street North.

Police are at the scene of the incident in Derby's Harvey Road (Image: Martin Naylor / Derby Telegraph)

18:29Caroline Jones

What we know so far

Here’s what we know so far about the incident

There are reports of a “massive police presence” on a busy Derby road tonight following an accident.

Details are limited at this stage but witnesses have reported seeing the air ambulance and numerous emergency service vehicles in the area after an incident in Harvey Road.

According to traffic information company Inrix, the accident has happened along the eastbound carriageway between Spider Island and Stanley Road / Coleman Street, with congestion on the A514 Osmaston Road to Abingdon Street and on the A5111 Osmaston Park Road to Portland Street.

The Derby Telegraph has contacted Derbyshire police for comment and is waiting for a response.